A brief look at the Local/Regional Stations: The regional stations like Beat and iRadio NW do well in their areas coming second to the home local stations and in front of RTE1 and seem to be on a continuing upward trajectory.
In the home locals there are a myriad of stories, all depend on where you look. One that leaps out is Cork’s Red FM who have shot out of the blocks on a year on year basis.
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Station | County | 15Q2 | 14Q2 | 13Q2 | +/- | +/- | |||
Highland Radio | Nth Donegal | 59 | 60% | 64 | 64% | 66 | 65% | -5 | -8% |
Mid West Radio | Mayo | 56 | 58% | 62 | 63% | 60 | 59% | -6 | -10% |
Radio Kerry | Kerry | 60 | 52% | 59 | 51% | 59 | 51% | 1 | 2% |
Clare FM | Clare | 42 | 47% | 42 | 46% | 43 | 47% | 0 | 0% |
Limerick’s Live 95FM | Limerick | 55 | 37% | 67 | 45% | 69 | 45% | -12 | -18% |
WLR FM | Waterford | 38 | 42% | 41 | 45% | 41 | 46% | -3 | -7% |
Ocean FM | Donegal/Leit | 36 | 45% | 34 | 44% | 41 | 51% | 2 | 6% |
Shann/Northern Snd | RN/LD/LM/CN/MN | 92 | 48% | 85 | 44% | 79 | 40% | 7 | 8% |
South East Radio | Wexford | 47 | 41% | 45 | 40% | 40 | 35% | 2 | 4% |
Midlands 103FM | Laois/Off/WM | 62 | 33% | 68 | 36% | 67 | 35% | -6 | -9% |
KCLR 96FM | Kilk/Carlow | 46 | 38% | 42 | 35% | 41 | 35% | 4 | 10% |
Tipp FM | Tipperary | 44 | 36% | 42 | 34% | 51 | 41% | 2 | 5% |
Galway Bay FM | Galway | 66 | 34% | 61 | 32% | 75 | 39% | 5 | 8% |
East Coast FM | Wicklow | 33 | 30% | 34 | 32% | 26 | 35% | -1 | -3% |
LM FM | Louth/Meath | 67 | 29% | 55 | 24% | 58 | 25% | 12 | 22% |
K FM | Kildare | 39 | 24% | 35 | 22% | 40 | 24% | 4 | 11% |
Cork’s 96/C103 | Cork | 165 | 40% | 196 | 47% | 216 | 53% | -31 | -16% |
C103 | Cork | 64 | 15% | 70 | 17% | 60 | 15% | -6 | -9% |
Cork’s 96FM | Cork | 115 | 28% | 140 | 34% | 174 | 42% | -25 | -18% |
Cork’s Red FM | Cork | 123 | 30% | 79 | 19% | 72 | 17% | 44 | 56% |